In Rake Lane Cemetery, Wallasey.
The principal inscriptions are: -
In
Loving Memory of
JOSEPH COUPE,
OF LISCARD, FORMERLY OF DOUGLAS,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 1ST FEB. 1908,
AGED 69 YEARS.
"RESTING IN HOPE OF A GLAD REUNION."
ALSO MARY, HIS WIFE,
WHO DIED 5TH JANUARY 1913,
IN HER 71ST YEAR.
ALSO THEIR SON
SERGT. MAJOR PERCY COUPE,
(SOUTH AFRICAN MOUNTED RIFLES)
WHO DIED AT VRYHEID, NATAL,
25TH DECEMBER 1913, IN HIS 36TH YEAR.
Pages 86-91 in a recent issue of
Nongqai are a feature on Percy Coupe.
Nongqai is a monthly electronic magazine on the history of South Africa/s national security. You can use the slider to go to page 86, and use the + button to enlarge the pages.
issuu.com/hennieheymans/docs/nongqai_vol_11_no_6a
Does anyone know of a photograph of this man, please?